Value Immediately after the verb

Language:
Reunion Creole
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Bollée 2007: 132

Examples

  1. Mi touch pa aou.
    Mi
    1sg.prs
    touch
    touch
    pa
    neg
    aou.
    obl.2sg
    I do not touch you.
    French: Je ne te touche pas.

    See Cellier 1982: 59

  2. [...] si lé pa bon mi manz pa.
    [...]
    [...]
    si
    if
    le
    cop.prs
    pa
    neg
    bon
    good
    mi
    1sg.prs
    manz
    eat
    pa.
    neg
    [...] if it is not good I won’t eat it.
    French: [...] s'il n'est pas bon, je ne le mange pas.

    See Barat et al. 1977: 77

  3. Tank zot la pa fini, i sava pa.
    Tank
    as.long.as
    zot
    3pl
    la
    prf
    pa
    neg
    fini,
    finish
    i
    fin
    sava
    go
    pa.
    neg
    As long as they have not finished, they will not go away.
    French: Tant qu'ils n'ont pas fini, il ne s'en vont pas.

    See Cellier 1982: 43